Hide Domainname while login / use alias domainname

7 Jul 2009 9:23 AM

Heinz

Hello,

usually when a user logs in a domain he can see the domain name in the
windows login-screen (and can select from there if he wants local login or a
domain login)

Is there a way that I can "rename" the domain name that the users see in the
login-screen?

So for example my domain name is "myDomain.com" but I want the users to
see "ComanyA.com" during the Login-process
(of course authentication is against "myDomain.com" - but the user should
see "CompanyA.com")

We use XP clients with a 2003 Domain

thank you

7 Jul 2009 11:09 AM

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

Hello Heinz,

The name shown in the drop down list is the netbios domain name and can not
be renamed, except you change the complete domain name which i wouldn't suggest.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
>
> usually when a user logs in a domain he can see the domain name in the
> windows login-screen (and can select from there if he wants local
> login or a domain login)
>
> Is there a way that I can "rename" the domain name that the users see
> in the login-screen?
>
> So for example my domain name is "myDomain.com" but I want the users
> to
> see "ComanyA.com" during the Login-process
> (of course authentication is against "myDomain.com" - but the user
> should
> see "CompanyA.com")
> We use XP clients with a 2003 Domain
>
> thank you
>

7 Jul 2009 11:49 AM

Anthony [MVP]

Not really, but you can cheat a little by allowing an alternate UPN suffix:
in the user account properties
"Lists the available user principal name (UPN) suffixes that may be used to
create the user logon name. The list contains the full DNS name of the
current domain, the full DNS name of the root domain of the current forest,
and any alternative UPN suffixes created through Active Directory Domains
and Trusts"

Its cheaper than a domain rename or a migration just to change the name
people see
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.com

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"Heinz" <no@Spam.org> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> usually when a user logs in a domain he can see the domain name in the
> windows login-screen (and can select from there if he wants local login or
> a domain login)
>
> Is there a way that I can "rename" the domain name that the users see in
> the login-screen?
>
> So for example my domain name is "myDomain.com" but I want the users to
> see "ComanyA.com" during the Login-process
> (of course authentication is against "myDomain.com" - but the user should
> see "CompanyA.com")
>
> We use XP clients with a 2003 Domain
>
> thank you
>
>
>
>
>